Great demo bloke. I've been playing with rope my whole life; as a kid boy scout , military days and then climbing outdoors etc. I was a truck driver and loader for years too and finally I see somebody who knows the full range. Nice to see you know the history...a Waggoners hitch it was indeed. My method and imho the best, is the full twist loop you showed for better security. The rope binds down the back of the formed loop and prevents it slipping. I have tied it who knows how many times on trucks, tarps and tension lines over almost 40 years and it does not undo. Good job and well instructed .
@@OutdoorAcademyAustraliaHello. Great demonstration. I like the way you tie it. This link shows how I tie my truckers hitch. This is knot my video and knot sure if I can share this here. th-cam.com/video/T8dUP_xGa3g/w-d-xo.htmlsi=baiXLTRmvAp-dPnh
I learned your version of a trucker's hitch many decades ago, but typically struggle to tie it correctly when I need to use it. Your tips are very helpful. Thanks for taking the time.
Probably the best tutorial I’ve seen regarding using a trucker’s hitch. I appreciate historical references to its likely origins too. Great demonstration of various tie methods. I’m most impressed with the explanation of the double loop method for eliminating the chances of an unintentional loss of the hold. I’ve been seeing SSSOOO many variations on ridge lines, toggles, prusik knots,etc and your explanation of the efficiency of the various truckers hitches…makes far more sense, speeds up the process and gets the job done without the unnecessary complications. Well done. 👏👍✌️🇺🇸
The inline truckers hitch you shared that Canterbury called out is something I adopted as soon as I saw it, but I did have to change the loop you feed the bite through to a lark's head because it kept slipping with paracord under high tension. Even a full twist wouldn't hold it. Two individual twists spaced out a bit worked alright as well but the lark's head works better than all of them.
Yeah using small diameter braided rope changes everything. As a solo sailor and solo sea kayaker I have moved away from the classical knots and found my own knots. Losing your kayak in remote areas because you stick to the classical knots is not recommendable.
My dad was also a trucker and this was one of the first hitches I was taught. I remember him tripling them up and breaking the rope to show me how powerful they are. Still use them to this day. Great work 👍🏻
Great instruction, plenty of options, and no fluff! I find your videos to be some of the most productive and satisfying throughout my feed. Very much appreciated, sir!
M dad was an English Truck Driver, I learned to rope and Sheet a load as a kid in the 70s. He used the Wagoners hitch always. I still use it. I do trees and a fella showed me the "Dolly Hitch which was similar but a bugger to undo. Cheers
That's the same method Richard Graves describes in The 10 Bushcraft Books - "Knots and Lashings" (excellent reading if you can still find a copy). It's the way I was taught and the way I've used for the past 40 years. It's quick, secure and effective - never had one fail and it's easy to undo. Good video and explanation.
So glad I found this, my old man used these knots on the wagons when I was a kid. Sadly lost him before I ever got the hang of it. So I’m here for all of these vids👍🏼 thank you sir👊🏼
Great video mate. I was also shown a variation by a mate who works in the RAF. Basically it’s the same as what you’ve shown but you wrap around the bite twice and then again but the final wrap sits behind the first two wraps. It’s essential that the third wrap comes between the first two wraps. My mate said they use this way because if the rope is wet due to heavy rain for example it can swell. This method ensures the when loosened the hitch just falls apart. Thanks for the video. Great work.
I agree but this was still more visually clear than almost any other knot video out there because he used giant rope and had the camera placed and zoomed correctly!
Been tying this with a slip-knot for as long as I can remember, but this is objectively superior in every way. Thanks so much for covering again in more detail and coming up with a fast method!
My g father raised me , he was born in 10 and went to work in the oil field when he was 10, rope and line a knots were a must know subject with him, what you call the wagon hitch, he called the Gilligan hitch, fast and secure, grab a long eared bight, toss the tug end over and above it, roll a half push it thru roll another push it thru and again if you’d like, 30 seconds and your in business. You are the ONLY PERSON I’ve ever seen bend this hitch in my lifetime (65 years) other than family, nice to see someone with concern for getting their line back!
Thank you so much for showing simply how this knot or hitch works. I have followed Dave Canterbury for a long time using all the gadgets attached to the rapid ridge line, but found when I needed to actually setup a ridge line, it was either not in my pack or left at home. So I was back at square one again. I became determined to figure out a way to use any line or rope I had with me to make a ridge line. Your Australian version of the truckers hitch along with the Siberian hitch did the trick. Two knots and no gadgets! Perfect! Who would have known those hitches have been around forever!😂
Great tutorial. All those methods will do the job. I prefer the full twist loop method for security. Also, that butterfly, in and of itself is a super useful loop knot. Keep up the great work. Truckers hitches do have many nautical applications,such as for stays when jury rigging a mast when dismasted in bad storms, etc.
Awesome! Exactly the demo I was hoping for! One thing I do for situations where the loop on the standing end might work loose is to use a lark’s head in place of a single loop, which is similar to adding the second loop as you demonstrate.
Great demonstration! Really appreciate what you are doing with this channel. Could you do a bit on the compounded truckers hitch? I saw your short with the 9x leverage a few days ago, and I've not been able to get the second part to work! Btw - your fast version of the hitch is the best I've seen!
I learned that back in the 50's from my father. No idea how many people I have amazed by being able to do that to a load. You have got a very good video and so easy to understand. I have sent it to many people. It is a lost art to many of the new generation. Thanks for making the video.
The alpine butterfly is a climbing knot, and one that you can trust to not fail. Climbing knots and systems don't afford any mistakes or half-secure methods, or you'll pay with your life.
THANK YOU for a really nice video. I learned from my Grandfather, who was a Merchant Marine, in the Spanish American War. He taught me MANY knots before I was out of diapers, my grandmother told me. There wasn't any complete rope feed-thru's. They were all "On the bight". They had to be fast to tie and adjust. And as quick to untie. The knots, He taught me, wouldn't kink your rope. All, quick disconnect. Speed and accuracy was trained into me. Shawn Kelly, of "Corporal's Corner, showed us the LOCKING TRUCKER'S HITCH. I thought that was plumb handy, and I do use it at times, but usually do it like "Pappy" taught me. I have taught a whole BUNCH of folks, the truckers hitch, when helping them tie down their cargo, where you could redily see the materials falling from their trucks or trailers, & once put about a 26 foot boat on a trailer, after the tow-strap broke. His little scrawny wife supplied the walking pulling power from that compound truckers hitch. It's amazing what that manipulation of rope will do. Thank you for your video. I will play it and work with rope, as I watch your video. I'm over 70 now, so it takes a bit of repetition to learn new ways of doing things. Thanks again!
Truckers hitch = dolly knot for English / British lorry drivers.3 to 1 mechanical advantage, and sheep shanks to shorten the rope for roping and sheeting. Good tutorial, easy explanation I’ve been driving articulated vehicles for 34 years. Good video, thank you. 🤟
Well done! I find your recommendation for tying the wagoner's hitch superior to most other methods. I use the trucker's hitch every time I load my utility trailer. The rigging is installed to prevent a shifting load. I use a suitably sized rope, secured in a manner most appropriate for the type and weight of the load. I would like to say that I use the "Alpine Butterfly" for this type of work. The pull through the knot is direct and the knot does not cut itself or the rope under heavy load. I have never heard qualifications such as "the knot might roll", "the knot won't take the full load", or "you will have trouble untying". I have no doubt this knot will perform the task. Tying a ridge line for your tarps other minor loads with the paracords can be managed with the wagoner's hitch as presented. I am confident dragging a load down busy highways at 65 mph is secure using the alpine butterfly in tensioning my system.
Nothing wrong with the A.Butterfly. I've recently started using a directional figure 8 for a fixed loop. Try this. It's quick to tie and as easy to untie. th-cam.com/video/uK4moDZQ3N0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=FBOjQLPuVipwijl2
You knot instructional videos are the best. Most people just run through in a hurry and don't explain very well. Keep up the good work. And keep the videos coming.
Yeah, me too, back in 1974 when I first started driving a semi trailer at 20 yrs old. Have carried every type of load you could name, especially up in Darwin after Cyclone Tracy. The wagon hitch served me well if done right .. and other times you just gotta use chains.
I really enjoyed watching you tie these knots. The large orange rope was super easy to follow and I'm really glad to see these different methods of tying the same knot. 👏 Bravo!
Been tying that hitch by the first method for about 30 years now and just became familiar with the sheep shank method a few years back but never really understood it til now. Great video. Thanks a million.
This Trucker's Hitch is the best ever! I used the old one several times last weekend - I will switch to your version! Your way is so much better and ultimatively fast! Thank you so much for sharing!
As a Yankee I really appreciate the back story and information. I grew up using a slip knot as the base but this really does make disassembly easier and I've yet to have one fail since adoption of the half sheep shank. The key is tension. If you have tension the bite doesn't fall through. If you're leary add another support loop. Or I've seen others use an additional wrap on the support loop of the bite. I'd really love to see the rock climbing group that does weight testing test all the versions. Really is a great method.
A work colleague showed me many years ago how to tie a truckies hitch with 2 twists and still use it that way to this day...never really thought about putting 1 twist. Love learning something different. Cheers.
A good explanation mate. Was shown the quick method 30 years ago by an east-wester who had impeccable tarps and ropes. Dropped all of the other methods and have used it everywhere that needed tension on a rope ever since, either to hold things in place, pull two things together or with two or three knots, pull them apart. If it’s a corrugated road or a bit iffy I’ll put the extra loop in.
Extremely well demonstrated! Bravo and thank you! I have seen many, many trucker’s hitch videos, but have NEVER seen this method. I believe this to be the original and the best method. No one can change my mind lol.
I think this must have been what I was taught at Cadets about 20 years ago, but I forgot and couldn’t figure it out again. Funny, because I know the sheep shank just fine. Thanks to Shorty for teaching me it in the first place and for you for helping me remember the correct version!
Great knowledge to have to be certain. Please keep these videos coming. We as modern humans, (those who do not do actual physical work), do not camp, do not experience the outdoors, or what I refer to as traditional life skills, do not have the skills needed to survive or just from the aspect of practicality. Being able to rely on ones knowledge or skills is paramount. It is not a question of if it will happen. Try and educate oneself to being the best you can be. It costs nothing, can be practiced anywhere, is good for a lifetime and to pass on to ones children and such. There was a time when men & women passed along this knowledge to their children. One can't live long enough to fill ones brain with knowledge. Love the real worlds skills knowledge.
Excellent demo. When I was young, I learned the figure 8 method. I went through a slip hitch phase. I've sing adapted a version if the half sheep shank version with a double loop auto lock. Even with crippling arthritis, I can still tie it in two motions in under 10 seconds. I can't imagine tying it any other way. I even have a full sheep shank method with a double twist on the locking loops. I always tie the half sheep shank with a double twist. My application is typically a ridgline but occasionally I have to tie a load down. I usually secure it with a half hitch on a bight but run it around only the working end because that wedges in the V and makes the autolock bind down on itself a bit more.
I'm a truck driver and when I saw the truckers hitch, I was like no way man, that's wrong. You show to actual truckers hitch which I use for roping and sheeting, which is a dying art!
Hi John, thanks for sharing all your experiences. Perfect upgrade to what you can find. Very good videos with any bla bla, much appreciated! Serious teacher. Thanks for using a big row to demonstrate. At the end of the video you spent a smile if you like to. 😊
Cheers mate, glad you liked it. I'm starting to relax a bit more in front of the camera. I'll add in a smile now and again lol. Thanks again for the tip.
Excellent explanation! I first learned of the Australian version from a TH-camr who gave full credit to you wonderful people. But while his explanation was OK, this one clears up some recurring issues I had. Thank you for this video and I expect to be watching others you've posted.
Much respect. I work in an office so my robe handling time is quite limited. I try to use these techniques as often as possible, and even though I am from Denmark, I did it "the american way" until David Cantebury presented this Aussie way of doing it. It makes great sense and it has been solving all my problems with the Truckers Hitch. Also, the quick approach makes total sense, but I'll wait with incorporating it until I fully understand the hitch itself. Thank you for presenting in an understandable way.
My 73 year old neighbour showed me this the other week and I stoked. Goes to show if you know something then someone come along and does it better you respect and take ya hat off to em
Excellent video showing the international variations which I've never seen anyone do in Oz. Glad to know the history now too. Once you've done this knot enough times you learn which ropes you can safely do a half twist or full twist depending on the use. In those synthetic three strand ropes (feels like plastic), always use full twist so the loop doesn't slip through.
From the states: I have been tying it the first way you demonstrated with the same problems. Will be using one of your methods from now on. Thanks mate!!
the trucker's hitch has always been so hard for me, my brother in law and I rented a 1 ton flat truck to move everything out of mother in law's house after she passed, and neither one of us could figure out how to tighten the rope after watching so many different videos. ... THANK YOU SO MUCH it's so clear and easy! The other videos I watched made it feel like magic.
@@OutdoorAcademyAustralia No worries it's been a few years, my brother and sister in law have got on well, I just remember so vividly us trying to look up videos to show us how to cinch the rope after we wrapped up all the furniture and being terrible at it. Your video just nails it... I don't know why we couldn't figure it out
Thanks!! Saw the short on FB. Been monkeying around with it. I too, learned the truckers hitch in the '70s, in the oilfields, but it was the Yank way. I like yours much better. I was trying the half-sheepshank method yesterday. I am going to have to watch this a few times now to get a handle on the other methods. No more rolled knot that are hard to get out!
Thanks so much for your instructions, I was almost an hr on this video learning and practicing over and over. I do gardening, landscape and occasional tree trimming where I need to load my pickup with branches and tie them up to go dump it. Just wanted to say thank you so much, and God bless you!
Fantastic demonstration. Your camera work is top grade. I have watched a lot of Truckers Hitch videos and yours has more ways to tie it than any other. When folding a bight to capture the working end rather than use one or two twists I capture the bight inside a Marline Spike Hitch. As long as the Marline Spike Hitch is done right it holds solid and comes apart easy. It's not applicable for ridgelines, but many truckers will tighten the line by forming a bight in the free end of the line and push down using their foot. Leg muscles, body weight and gravity on top of mechanical advantage make sure the line is tight as bowstring so there isn't any need to multiply the mechanical advantage.
Great video, thanks! I think all of us will need these tie-off's once SHTF, everyone will be forest bound and need to remember these different methods, thanks!
Here is a fix to auto locking and a more secure loop.
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Wow! I never met anyone that knew THIS MUCH about a truckers hitch. Thank you!
By far the best overview of the Truckers Hitch Ive ever seen. Coming from an ex scout, tradesman, lightweight hiker and hammock camper of 35 yrs
I appreciate it, cheers.
Knot tying is such an underrated, life hack skill.
So true. Invaluable skill.
It really is.
Splicing is pretty useless really for securing loads but very satisfying
@@maxl3189 I may do a video on that. Cheers
@@OutdoorAcademyAustralia an occa explanation will be great I reckon
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A good clear vid 👍,which a lot of folk will learn and understand from. I'm nearly 70 and my old dad showed me 😊.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Great demo bloke. I've been playing with rope my whole life; as a kid boy scout , military days and then climbing outdoors etc. I was a truck driver and loader for years too and finally I see somebody who knows the full range. Nice to see you know the history...a Waggoners hitch it was indeed.
My method and imho the best, is the full twist loop you showed for better security. The rope binds down the back of the formed loop and prevents it slipping. I have tied it who knows how many times on trucks, tarps and tension lines over almost 40 years and it does not undo. Good job and well instructed .
Cheers mate. I appreciate the feedback.
GOOD OLD AUSSIES LEAD THE WAY 😊
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@@OutdoorAcademyAustraliaHello. Great demonstration. I like the way you tie it. This link shows how I tie my truckers hitch. This is knot my video and knot sure if I can share this here.
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Incorrect use of bloke. Must be a yank
Out of ALL the videos I have seen about the Truckers Hitch, this one is in my top 3. Thank You for the video.
I appreciate it, cheers.
@@noybnoyb1718 here is a couple of improvements to it.
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I learned your version of a trucker's hitch many decades ago, but typically struggle to tie it correctly when I need to use it. Your tips are very helpful. Thanks for taking the time.
Glad to help. Thanks for watching
Used the truckers hitch ever since my dad taught it to me 60 years ago. Your way definitely seems better and faster. Thanks from across the pond.
Cheers Jon. Glad you like it.
Probably the best tutorial I’ve seen regarding using a trucker’s hitch. I appreciate historical references to its likely origins too. Great demonstration of various tie methods. I’m most impressed with the explanation of the double loop method for eliminating the chances of an unintentional loss of the hold. I’ve been seeing SSSOOO many variations on ridge lines, toggles, prusik knots,etc and your explanation of the efficiency of the various truckers hitches…makes far more sense, speeds up the process and gets the job done without the unnecessary complications. Well done. 👏👍✌️🇺🇸
Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it.
The inline truckers hitch you shared that Canterbury called out is something I adopted as soon as I saw it, but I did have to change the loop you feed the bite through to a lark's head because it kept slipping with paracord under high tension. Even a full twist wouldn't hold it. Two individual twists spaced out a bit worked alright as well but the lark's head works better than all of them.
Cool, I'll try it out.
The larks head works very well
Yeah using small diameter braided rope changes everything. As a solo sailor and solo sea kayaker I have moved away from the classical knots and found my own knots. Losing your kayak in remote areas because you stick to the classical knots is not recommendable.
instead of a larks head... just do 2 half hitches. works every time. this was the only hitch i learned.... the others looked too complicated
Let's see a video of this with the larks head. I learned something new today and it sounds as if it can yet be improved😊
My dad was also a trucker and this was one of the first hitches I was taught. I remember him tripling them up and breaking the rope to show me how powerful they are. Still use them to this day. Great work 👍🏻
Cheers, Thanks for watching
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Great instruction, plenty of options, and no fluff!
I find your videos to be some of the most productive and satisfying throughout my feed. Very much appreciated, sir!
Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it.
M dad was an English Truck Driver, I learned to rope and Sheet a load as a kid in the 70s. He used the Wagoners hitch always. I still use it. I do trees and a fella showed me the "Dolly Hitch which was similar but a bugger to undo. Cheers
That's the same method Richard Graves describes in The 10 Bushcraft Books - "Knots and Lashings" (excellent reading if you can still find a copy). It's the way I was taught and the way I've used for the past 40 years. It's quick, secure and effective - never had one fail and it's easy to undo. Good video and explanation.
I'll try and find a.copy, thanks.
So glad I found this, my old man used these knots on the wagons when I was a kid. Sadly lost him before I ever got the hang of it. So I’m here for all of these vids👍🏼 thank you sir👊🏼
Glad I could help. Sorry for your loss. Gotta make the most of every day.
Great video mate. I was also shown a variation by a mate who works in the RAF. Basically it’s the same as what you’ve shown but you wrap around the bite twice and then again but the final wrap sits behind the first two wraps. It’s essential that the third wrap comes between the first two wraps. My mate said they use this way because if the rope is wet due to heavy rain for example it can swell. This method ensures the when loosened the hitch just falls apart. Thanks for the video. Great work.
Thanks for the info. I'll try it.
I've watched a LOT of trucker's hitch videos. This is the BEST one, hands down. Great video!
Glad you liked it. Thanks a lot.
Not a big thing but it would work better visually if your shirt was a different color than the rope. Lol
I agree but this was still more visually clear than almost any other knot video out there because he used giant rope and had the camera placed and zoomed correctly!
Double down and wear orange gloves also
Been tying this with a slip-knot for as long as I can remember, but this is objectively superior in every way. Thanks so much for covering again in more detail and coming up with a fast method!
Glad it was helpful. Cheers 🍻
My g father raised me , he was born in 10 and went to work in the oil field when he was 10, rope and line a knots were a must know subject with him, what you call the wagon hitch, he called the Gilligan hitch, fast and secure, grab a long eared bight, toss the tug end over and above it, roll a half push it thru roll another push it thru and again if you’d like, 30 seconds and your in business. You are the ONLY PERSON I’ve ever seen bend this hitch in my lifetime (65 years) other than family, nice to see someone with concern for getting their line back!
Cheers, good back story too. Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much for showing simply how this knot or hitch works. I have followed Dave Canterbury for a long time using all the gadgets attached to the rapid ridge line, but found when I needed to actually setup a ridge line, it was either not in my pack or left at home. So I was back at square one again. I became determined to figure out a way to use any line or rope I had with me to make a ridge line. Your Australian version of the truckers hitch along with the Siberian hitch did the trick. Two knots and no gadgets! Perfect! Who would have known those hitches have been around forever!😂
Cheers mate. Glad I could help. Take a look at this one.
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Great tutorial. All those methods will do the job. I prefer the full twist loop method for security. Also, that butterfly, in and of itself is a super useful loop knot. Keep up the great work. Truckers hitches do have many nautical applications,such as for stays when jury rigging a mast when dismasted in bad storms, etc.
Great tip
Like your videos and how you get to the point and teach.
Cheers mate.
Awesome! Exactly the demo I was hoping for!
One thing I do for situations where the loop on the standing end might work loose is to use a lark’s head in place of a single loop, which is similar to adding the second loop as you demonstrate.
I'll give that a go, cheers.
Thank You my friend, thank you. American here and confess my need to employ a trucker hitch. Most straight-forward clear demonstration I have seen.
Awsome. Glad I could help. Thanks for watching
Great demonstration! Really appreciate what you are doing with this channel. Could you do a bit on the compounded truckers hitch? I saw your short with the 9x leverage a few days ago, and I've not been able to get the second part to work! Btw - your fast version of the hitch is the best I've seen!
Sure thing. I'll get on it
I learned that back in the 50's from my father. No idea how many people I have amazed by being able to do that to a load. You have got a very good video and so easy to understand. I have sent it to many people. It is a lost art to many of the new generation. Thanks for making the video.
We need to pass this on to the younger generations. We rely too much on throw away gadgets like straps.
The alpine butterfly is a climbing knot, and one that you can trust to not fail. Climbing knots and systems don't afford any mistakes or half-secure methods, or you'll pay with your life.
THANK YOU for a really nice video. I learned from my Grandfather, who was a Merchant Marine, in the Spanish American War. He taught me MANY knots before I was out of diapers, my grandmother told me. There wasn't any complete rope feed-thru's. They were all "On the bight". They had to be fast to tie and adjust. And as quick to untie. The knots, He taught me, wouldn't kink your rope. All, quick disconnect. Speed and accuracy was trained into me.
Shawn Kelly, of "Corporal's Corner, showed us the LOCKING TRUCKER'S HITCH. I thought that was plumb handy, and I do use it at times, but usually do it like "Pappy" taught me. I have taught a whole BUNCH of folks, the truckers hitch, when helping them tie down their cargo, where you could redily see the materials falling from their trucks or trailers, & once put about a 26 foot boat on a trailer, after the tow-strap broke. His little scrawny wife supplied the walking pulling power from that compound truckers hitch. It's amazing what that manipulation of rope will do.
Thank you for your video. I will play it and work with rope, as I watch your video. I'm over 70 now, so it takes a bit of repetition to learn new ways of doing things. Thanks again!
Cheers mate. Glad you like the content. I appreciate you.
this hitch amazes me. there are so many ways to tie it.
Yeah it's really a system rather than a specific knot.
Excellent video mate !! Best one I’ve seen on the truckers hitch and very easy to follow. Thankyou!!
Thanks 👍
Absolutely the way to tie a truckers hitch. The double twist to hold the bight ensures better hold, glad you showed that.
Cheers. Glad you like it.
Truckers hitch = dolly knot for English / British lorry drivers.3 to 1 mechanical advantage, and sheep shanks to shorten the rope for roping and sheeting. Good tutorial, easy explanation I’ve been driving articulated vehicles for 34 years. Good video, thank you. 🤟
Cheers, glad you liked it. Thanks for watching
Well done! I find your recommendation for tying the wagoner's hitch superior to most other methods. I use the trucker's hitch every time I load my utility trailer. The rigging is installed to prevent a shifting load. I use a suitably sized rope, secured in a manner most appropriate for the type and weight of the load. I would like to say that I use the "Alpine Butterfly" for this type of work. The pull through the knot is direct and the knot does not cut itself or the rope under heavy load. I have never heard qualifications such as "the knot might roll", "the knot won't take the full load", or "you will have trouble untying". I have no doubt this knot will perform the task. Tying a ridge line for your tarps other minor loads with the paracords can be managed with the wagoner's hitch as presented. I am confident dragging a load down busy highways at 65 mph is secure using the alpine butterfly in tensioning my system.
Nothing wrong with the A.Butterfly. I've recently started using a directional figure 8 for a fixed loop. Try this. It's quick to tie and as easy to untie.
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Here's how to untie it
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You knot instructional videos are the best. Most people just run through in a hurry and don't explain very well. Keep up the good work. And keep the videos coming.
I appreciate that, will do.
I’m just generally fascinated about the art of tying practical knots. This is one of the best footages about it. Thanks a lot!! Great video!!
Cheers mate. I appreciate it. Thanks for watching.
This is exactly how I learnt to tie a trickie's hitch. Your video is great.
I appreciate it, cheers
Yeah, me too, back in 1974 when I first started driving a semi trailer at 20 yrs old. Have carried every type of load you could name, especially up in Darwin after Cyclone Tracy. The wagon hitch served me well if done right .. and other times you just gotta use chains.
I really enjoyed watching you tie these knots. The large orange rope was super easy to follow and I'm really glad to see these different methods of tying the same knot. 👏 Bravo!
Cheers mate. Thanks.
I have been a trucker for over 50 years. I learned a few more ways to tie some very useful knots.
Ratchet straps have killed the skill of tying knots.
Excellent demo showing each knot's strength and weaknesses. The best importance is always to reuse the rope and easy undo. Thanks!
Cheers mate. Glad you like it. More to come in 2024. Happy New Year
Been tying that hitch by the first method for about 30 years now and just became familiar with the sheep shank method a few years back but never really understood it til now. Great video. Thanks a million.
Cheers, glad it was helpful.
I was also taught the half sheep shank method in the 70's and still use it. It has never failed me.
This Trucker's Hitch is the best ever! I used the old one several times last weekend - I will switch to your version! Your way is so much better and ultimatively fast! Thank you so much for sharing!
Fast yes but not as stable with slippery paracord I find.
@@OutdoorAcademyAustralia I tried it with paracord yesterday and it worked perfectly! I think for PP Paracord it works fine.
As a Yankee I really appreciate the back story and information. I grew up using a slip knot as the base but this really does make disassembly easier and I've yet to have one fail since adoption of the half sheep shank. The key is tension. If you have tension the bite doesn't fall through. If you're leary add another support loop. Or I've seen others use an additional wrap on the support loop of the bite. I'd really love to see the rock climbing group that does weight testing test all the versions. Really is a great method.
Cheers for the feedback. That would be cool to get tested.
A work colleague showed me many years ago how to tie a truckies hitch with 2 twists and still use it that way to this day...never really thought about putting 1 twist.
Love learning something different. Cheers.
Two twists is more secure. Especially with plastic rope.
Top quality advice, as there are a lot of people that do not have a clue on how to properly tie down a load
cheers, thanks for watching
Man watching you tie the half sheep shank method your Dad taught you is amazing. Magical!
I appreciate it. I try to create memories with my kids. They're far more valuable than anything money can buy.
Excellent video on keeping it simple, especially to untie. Thank you for posting.
Glad it was helpful!
probably the best description and explanation I've seen on how to tie this knot. thanks for sharing
Thank you. Glad you like it.
A good explanation mate. Was shown the quick method 30 years ago by an east-wester who had impeccable tarps and ropes. Dropped all of the other methods and have used it everywhere that needed tension on a rope ever since, either to hold things in place, pull two things together or with two or three knots, pull them apart. If it’s a corrugated road or a bit iffy I’ll put the extra loop in.
Cheers mate.
Extremely well demonstrated! Bravo and thank you! I have seen many, many trucker’s hitch videos, but have NEVER seen this method. I believe this to be the original and the best method. No one can change my mind lol.
I think this must have been what I was taught at Cadets about 20 years ago, but I forgot and couldn’t figure it out again. Funny, because I know the sheep shank just fine. Thanks to Shorty for teaching me it in the first place and for you for helping me remember the correct version!
Glad I could help.
This was amazing! Thanks for sharing your method. This will be used daily for the ease and strength of this trucker's hitch.
Glad it was helpful. Cheers 🍻
Thank you for the detailed video of this hitch. This is a fantastic way to tie off and I will incorporate this into my Ridgeline.
Glad it was helpful!
Great knowledge to have to be certain.
Please keep these videos coming. We as modern humans, (those who do not do actual physical work), do not camp, do not experience the outdoors, or what I refer to as traditional life skills, do not have the skills needed to survive or just from the aspect of practicality. Being able to rely on ones knowledge or skills is paramount. It is not a question of if it will happen. Try and educate oneself to being the best you can be. It costs nothing, can be practiced anywhere, is good for a lifetime and to pass on to ones children and such.
There was a time when men & women passed along this knowledge to their children. One can't live long enough to fill ones brain with knowledge. Love the real worlds skills knowledge.
Cheers mate. Glad you liked the video and content. I couldn't agree more. Passing on the knowledge is why I started the channel in the first place.
Best knot instruction I've seen! been agrip in the studios 43 years!
I appreciate it, cheers 🍻
Excellent demo. When I was young, I learned the figure 8 method. I went through a slip hitch phase. I've sing adapted a version if the half sheep shank version with a double loop auto lock. Even with crippling arthritis, I can still tie it in two motions in under 10 seconds. I can't imagine tying it any other way. I even have a full sheep shank method with a double twist on the locking loops. I always tie the half sheep shank with a double twist. My application is typically a ridgline but occasionally I have to tie a load down.
I usually secure it with a half hitch on a bight but run it around only the working end because that wedges in the V and makes the autolock bind down on itself a bit more.
Nice. I'll give a couple of those a try. Cheers mate.
I'm a truck driver and when I saw the truckers hitch, I was like no way man, that's wrong. You show to actual truckers hitch which I use for roping and sheeting, which is a dying art!
Cheers mate. It is a dying art. Time to show em how it's done.
As I decided to learn the Trucker hitch from the video made by a retired Australian truck driver… it’s the old Australian method I know. Great vid.
Thank you for doing this video in response to the last short. You are a great teacher of practical application. Fantastic tutorial
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for the feedback.
Excellent way of tying the truckers/wagon etc knot. It’s the way I’ll do it from now on. Thanks mate!
Cheers mate
Tied them for 50 years, learned the half-sheepshank from you today. Thanks!
Nice work
Great demonstration!
Cheers, glad you like it. Hope it's useful to you.
Thank you for the demonstration! Time to go practice now!
Cheers, enjoy.
Hi John, thanks for sharing all your experiences. Perfect upgrade to what you can find. Very good videos with any bla bla, much appreciated! Serious teacher. Thanks for using a big row to demonstrate. At the end of the video you spent a smile if you like to. 😊
Cheers mate, glad you liked it. I'm starting to relax a bit more in front of the camera. I'll add in a smile now and again lol. Thanks again for the tip.
This video has really helped me in my daily tasks! Thank you so very much sir!
Awesome. Glad I could help.
That’s exactly how my dad taught me 35 years ago. Also so easy to put a second shank in for that extra grunt when needed.
My GR8 Uncle taught me the way you just showed. My GR8 Uncle was Born 1912. WW2 veteran, Scout leader.
Thank you 😊.
Sounds like a great man. Thanks for watching.
Excellent method! I like the last one you showed.It seems to be the simplest, fastest and doesn't jamb up and overly strain the line.
Glad you like it, cheers🍻
Thank you so much for the video.
The very last knot is the best one for me.
Amazing how smart you can get with simple ropes.
Great tools for the mental toolbox. Thanks for watching.
Great Demo! Love the example / adaptation to those accustom to the "slippery loop". Thank you.
Glad you like it, cheers
Great tutorial and explanation of the Trucker's hitch thanks for this
Cheers, Thanks for watching
This was absolutely amazing! Learned 2 new ways to do a trucker style hitch. Thank you so much!
Great to hear, thanks.
Excellent explanation! I first learned of the Australian version from a TH-camr who gave full credit to you wonderful people. But while his explanation was OK, this one clears up some recurring issues I had. Thank you for this video and I expect to be watching others you've posted.
Cheers mate, I appreciate your feedback. Glad I could help.
I have been doing this in the US from childhood... using the double loop. works great!
Well taught. I appreciate it. Been subscribed ever since Dave mentioned you. I've enjoyed your videos.
Awesome, thank you.
Very good, thank you. The last method is nicely simple and easy to undo, but I can't imagine it in vertical setup.
I'll make another video soon with vertical set up. Gravity is definitely your friend when tying vertically.
Brilliant, I'm not a trucker on anything like that but for us blokes who just tie things down in the garden etc. this was useful.
Glad you enjoyed it, cheers
Much respect.
I work in an office so my robe handling time is quite limited. I try to use these techniques as often as possible, and even though I am from Denmark, I did it "the american way" until David Cantebury presented this Aussie way of doing it. It makes great sense and it has been solving all my problems with the Truckers Hitch.
Also, the quick approach makes total sense, but I'll wait with incorporating it until I fully understand the hitch itself.
Thank you for presenting in an understandable way.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching. I was Greatfull Dave gave me a mention and he learnt something from my little channel.
Loved the clarity of this. Well done. Thank you so much. Looking forward to watching all your other videos
Thank you. Glad you like it.
Thanks, Mate! Great explanation of several options for this useful hitch.
Cheers mate
Thank you for showing this method in greater detail!
You're very welcome
My 73 year old neighbour showed me this the other week and I stoked. Goes to show if you know something then someone come along and does it better you respect and take ya hat off to em
Excellent video showing the international variations which I've never seen anyone do in Oz. Glad to know the history now too. Once you've done this knot enough times you learn which ropes you can safely do a half twist or full twist depending on the use. In those synthetic three strand ropes (feels like plastic), always use full twist so the loop doesn't slip through.
Telecom rope socks for knots.
@@OutdoorAcademyAustralia Yep. We all have some of that and always a full twist. But it is handy.
From the states: I have been tying it the first way you demonstrated with the same problems. Will be using one of your methods from now on. Thanks mate!!
Glad you found it helpful.
the trucker's hitch has always been so hard for me, my brother in law and I rented a 1 ton flat truck to move everything out of mother in law's house after she passed, and neither one of us could figure out how to tighten the rope after watching so many different videos. ... THANK YOU SO MUCH it's so clear and easy! The other videos I watched made it feel like magic.
I appreciate it. Glad it was helpful.
And sorry for the loss of your mother in law.
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No worries it's been a few years, my brother and sister in law have got on well, I just remember so vividly us trying to look up videos to show us how to cinch the rope after we wrapped up all the furniture and being terrible at it. Your video just nails it... I don't know why we couldn't figure it out
Best explanation yet. One more knot in my toolbox. Thank you.
Glad you like it.
Great tutorial, very clear and something l never knew to consider is the damage to the rope.
Cheers mate. Glad you got something from it.
Learned this when in the Boy Scouts in the early 70’s. Still using and teaching it today
Thanks for the input and knowledge. I'll be using these when setting up my tent and hammocks
Cheers mate. Glad you liked it.
Best video I’ve seen on truckers high. Thank you for sharing!
Cheers, glad you liked it.
Excellent. This is going to save me time. I'm constantly securing and re-securing my packages as i deliver them.
Glad it's useful to you. Thanks for watching
Thanks!! Saw the short on FB. Been monkeying around with it. I too, learned the truckers hitch in the '70s, in the oilfields, but it was the Yank way. I like yours much better. I was trying the half-sheepshank method yesterday. I am going to have to watch this a few times now to get a handle on the other methods. No more rolled knot that are hard to get out!
Excellent. Glad I could help.
Best tutorial ever on TH-cam. Used alpine loop for years, am changing to your method
Appreciate it, cheers. Glad it's useful to you.
Thanks mate! Plain and bloody simple. Saved this vid to favourites for a go-to.
Glad it helped
Thanks so much for your instructions, I was almost an hr on this video learning and practicing over and over. I do gardening, landscape and occasional tree trimming where I need to load my pickup with branches and tie them up to go dump it. Just wanted to say thank you so much, and God bless you!
Cheers mate. I appreciate it. Thanks for watching
Fantastic demonstration. Your camera work is top grade. I have watched a lot of Truckers Hitch videos and yours has more ways to tie it than any other.
When folding a bight to capture the working end rather than use one or two twists I capture the bight inside a Marline Spike Hitch. As long as the Marline Spike Hitch is done right it holds solid and comes apart easy.
It's not applicable for ridgelines, but many truckers will tighten the line by forming a bight in the free end of the line and push down using their foot. Leg muscles, body weight and gravity on top of mechanical advantage make sure the line is tight as bowstring so there isn't any need to multiply the mechanical advantage.
Good tip. I'll give it a try
Great video, thanks! I think all of us will need these tie-off's once SHTF, everyone will be forest bound and need to remember these different methods, thanks!
Glad you like the content, cheers.